Psalms 8:4 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 8:3-4 MSG (The Message)
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?
Psalms 8:4 KJV (King James Version)
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 8:4 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Psalms 8:4 NCV (New Century Version)
But why are people even important to you? Why do you take care of human beings?
Psalms 8:4 ASV (American Standard Version)
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 8:4 NIV (New International Version)
what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
Psalms 8:4 NKJV (New King James Version)
What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
Psalms 8:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)
What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psalms 8:4 NLT (New Living Translation)
what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
Psalms 8:4 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Why would you bother with puny, mortal man or care about human beings?
Psalms 8:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?